Don't Know, Do Care

Ashmita, Prakhar, and Sandy
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Curious minds welcome, clueless takes guaranteed! Don't Know, Do Care is a curious mix of comedy, commentary, and casually intense learning. Every episode, one of us brings a topic the others know nothing about and tries to "educate" them, just enough for them to feign interest. Do we learn anything? Absolutely not. Do we care about the topic? Probably not. Are we curious, though? Potentially yes. We're not experts by any stretch of our already stretched imagination, but we're just trying to get a bit smarter, one strange question at a time. Curiosity might have killed a cat, but will it kill us? Only time will tell. Join us on our journey to learn something you didn't know you cared about.

  1. Don't Know Who's Buying This Bulls**t (Psychological Theories Edition)

    10 HR AGO

    Don't Know Who's Buying This Bulls**t (Psychological Theories Edition)

    This episode starts at a party, takes a hard left into pseudoscience, and ends with us aggressively side-eyeing half of modern psychology. We're talking about b******t psychological theories, the ones that sound legit, get repeated everywhere, and somehow survive despite having little to no actual scientific backing.  From Stockholm Syndrome to the five stages of grief, we break down how these ideas became mainstream, and why they probably shouldn't have. Along the way, we take detours into things like left-brain vs right-brain nonsense, the Mozart effect, primal therapy, and the particularly chaotic world of marketing psychology, where "science" is often just a very expensive rebrand of common sense. This episode is peak comedy commentary meets scientific frustration, packed with quirky insights, offbeat learning, and just enough research to make you question every "fun fact" you've ever confidently repeated. Like most of our episodes, this starts as one of those seemingly random topics and slowly turns into something more uncomfortable: a reminder that just because something sounds scientific… doesn't mean it is. Important links: 1. Stockholm syndrome - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome 2. Five stages of grief - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_stages_of_grief 3. An Empirical Examination of the Stage Theory of Grief - https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/205661#google_vignette 4. Cautioning Health-Care Professionals: Bereaved Persons Are Misguided Through the Stages of Grief - https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5375020/ 5. Inkblot Test - https://www.kansashistory.gov/kansapedia/inkblot-test/17670 6. Rorschach test - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rorschach_test 7. Controversial psychology tests are often still used in US courts - https://www.newscientist.com/article/2233956-controversial-psychology-tests-are-often-still-used-in-us-courts/ 8. Insights from an inkblot - https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/health/insights-from-an-inkblot/article5335329.ece 9. Rorschach Inkblot Test: an overview on current status - https://ijip.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/18.01.075.20200804.pdf 10. Learning styles - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_styles 11. Roundup on Research: The Myth of 'Learning Styles' - https://onlineteaching.umich.edu/articles/the-myth-of-learning-styles/ 12. Belief in Learning Styles Myth May Be Detrimental - https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2019/05/learning-styles-myth 13. Did an honesty researcher fabricate data? - https://www.npr.org/2023/07/28/1190663435/did-an-honesty-researcher-fabricate-data Don't Know, Do Care is the brainchild of Ashmita, Sandy, and Prakhar, three friends from different backgrounds and interests. Ashmita works in sustainability, Sandy's an entrepreneur (puke) who'd rather not be, and Prakhar works with Sandy and is just trying to make sense of it all.  Three mildly confused friends, one weirdly specific topic each week. We don't know much, but we care just enough to talk about it for up to an hour each week. Don't Know, Do Care is produced by "Ghar Pe Productions", edited by Prakhar and Sandy, critiqued (thoroughly) by Ashmita, and enjoyed mostly by our friends. Thanks for giving us a listen!

    1hr 10min
  2. Don't Know How Mangoes Took Over India

    30 MAR

    Don't Know How Mangoes Took Over India

    Summer is objectively the worst season. It's hot, sticky, mildly unbearable… and yet, somehow, we all tolerate it for one reason: mangoes. In this episode, we take a deep dive into India's favourite fruit, not just as food, but as a full-blown cultural phenomenon. From its origins in South Asia and its journey through Portuguese trade, to the fact that India produces nearly half the world's mangoes, this is a story that's way bigger than just something you eat after lunch. We talk about the absurd variety of mangoes across the country and how these names come from places, people, and occasionally very random backstories. We also get into why mango season is so painfully short, and why no amount of branding ("Har Mausam Aam") can override the very specific weather cycle these fruits need to actually taste good. But mangoes don't just stop at food. We explore how they became a symbol of luxury during the Mughal era, inspired the ambi pattern in fashion, and somehow went from royal gardens to being sucked directly from the seed in Indian households. This episode is classic comedy commentary meets offbeat learning, packed with quirky insights about history, agriculture, culture, and the very real emotional attachment we all seem to have with this fruit. It's lighthearted education wrapped in one of those seemingly random topics that turns out to be much deeper than expected. Because at the end of the day, mango isn't just a fruit. It's a season, a personality trait, and for some of us… a lack of self-control. Don't Know, Do Care is the brainchild of Ashmita, Sandy, and Prakhar, three friends from different backgrounds and interests. Ashmita works in sustainability, Sandy's an entrepreneur (puke) who'd rather not be, and Prakhar works with Sandy and is just trying to make sense of it all.  Three mildly confused friends, one weirdly specific topic each week. We don't know much, but we care just enough to talk about it for up to an hour each week. Don't Know, Do Care is produced by "Ghar Pe Productions", edited by Prakhar and Sandy, critiqued (thoroughly) by Ashmita, and enjoyed mostly by our friends. Thanks for giving us a listen!

    59 min
  3. Don't Know How the Dinosaurs Actually Went Extinct

    23 MAR

    Don't Know How the Dinosaurs Actually Went Extinct

    If you grew up anytime after the 1980s, you probably think you know exactly how dinosaurs went extinct: one massive asteroid, one very bad day, end of story. The problem is… we didn't actually know that for most of modern scientific history. In this episode, we go back to a time when the extinction of dinosaurs was basically a free-for-all of extremely confident guesses. We're talking climate change, massive volcanic eruptions in the Deccan Traps, eggs that were somehow both too strong and too weak, and at least one theory suggesting dinosaurs just collectively decided to stop reproducing. Which, honestly, feels like a very low-energy way to go extinct. We talk about shocked quartz, the discovery of the Chicxulub crater, and the kind of planet-wide chaos that follows when something the size of a mountain hits Earth at absurd speeds. We also explore why this theory took so long to be accepted, how it competed with volcanic explanations, and how science actually works when multiple ideas are fighting for legitimacy. This episode is a mix of comedy commentary, offbeat learning, and genuinely fascinating scientific detective work. It's lighthearted education that starts with ridiculous theories and ends with one of the most dramatic, evidence-backed stories in natural history. Along the way, there are plenty of quirky insights into how consensus is built, how evidence wins (eventually), and how even the biggest discoveries can take decades to land. Important links: Deccan Traps - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deccan_Traps Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cretaceous%E2%80%93Paleogene_boundary Do We Know What Killed the Dinosaurs? - https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/news/do-we-know-what-killed-the-dinosaurs/ Chicxulub crater - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicxulub_crater#:~:text=The%20Alvarezes%2C%20joined%20by%20Frank,search%20for%20a%20suitable%20candidate. Ruthenium isotopes show the Chicxulub impactor was a carbonaceous-type asteroid - https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adk4868 Walter Alvarez - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Alvarez Luis Walter Alvarez - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Walter_Alvarez How an asteroid ended the age of the dinosaurs - https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/how-an-asteroid-caused-extinction-of-dinosaurs.html We Know the Origins of the Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs - https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/asteroid-that-killed-the-dinosaurs-came-from-beyond-jupiter/#:~:text=They%20discovered%20a%20layer%20of%20debris%20in,and%20its%20submerged%20giant%20scar%2C%20called%20Chicxulub. Asteroid dust found at Chicxulub Crater confirms cause of dinosaurs' extinction - https://www.astronomy.com/science/asteroid-dust-found-at-chicxulub-crater-confirms-cause-of-dinosaurs-extinction/ How We Figured Out an Asteroid Killed the Dinosaurs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJY5vWXZHgI&list=PLR34x9VMByzz98U_IitcV338ayr6W8-YX&index=9 Don't Know, Do Care is the brainchild of Ashmita, Sandy, and Prakhar, three friends from different backgrounds and interests. Ashmita works in sustainability, Sandy's an entrepreneur (puke) who'd rather not be, and Prakhar works with Sandy and is just trying to make sense of it all.  Three mildly confused friends, one weirdly specific topic each week. We don't know much, but we care just enough to talk about it for up to an hour each week. Don't Know, Do Care is produced by "Ghar Pe Productions", edited by Prakhar and Sandy, critiqued (thoroughly) by Ashmita, and enjoyed mostly by our friends. Thanks for giving us a listen!

    1hr 13min
  4. Don't Know How the Oscars Decide 'Best Picture'

    16 MAR

    Don't Know How the Oscars Decide 'Best Picture'

    Every year, the Oscars announce their winners… and millions of people immediately react with some variation of "wait, that movie won?" In this episode, we dig into how the Oscars actually pick winners, and why the result often feels confusing, underwhelming, or completely disconnected from what audiences loved that year. We break down the preferential ballot system used for Best Picture, where Academy members rank films instead of voting for just one. The result is a slow elimination process that tends to reward consensus rather than passion. Then there's the money. Studios routinely spend tens of millions of dollars on Oscar campaigns, designed to keep their film top of mind for busy voters. At that point, the Oscars start looking less like an award show and more like a carefully managed political campaign. The result is a system that doesn't necessarily reward the most innovative or beloved film. Instead, it rewards the movie that feels respectable, timely, and broadly acceptable to thousands of industry voters. By the end of this episode, the Oscars will stop feeling mysterious. They'll start feeling… oddly predictable. And once you see the system, it becomes very hard to unsee it. Important links: 1. What is preferential ballot voting? Here's how a movie wins 'Best Picture' Oscar - https://www.nbclosangeles.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/preferential-ballot-voting-movies-best-picture-oscars/3640385/?utm_source=chatgpt.com 2. How are Oscars winners decided? Here's how the voting process works - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/how-are-oscars-winners-decided-heres-how-the-voting-process-works?utm_source=chatgpt.com 3. Academy Awards - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Awards?utm_source=chatgpt.com 4. Oscar bait - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_bait?utm_source=chatgpt.com 5. Oscar season - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_season?utm_source=chatgpt.com 6. Oscar academy demographics - https://criticalmediaproject.org/oscar-academy-demographics-2/?utm_source=chatgpt.com 7. T-shirts, thongs and perfect twerking: Anora spent $18m on marketing – three times its budget - https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/mar/06/anora-spent-18m-on-marketing-three-times-its-budget?utm_source=chatgpt.com Don't Know, Do Care is the brainchild of Ashmita, Sandy, and Prakhar, three friends from different backgrounds and interests. Ashmita works in sustainability, Sandy's an entrepreneur (puke) who'd rather not be, and Prakhar works with Sandy and is just trying to make sense of it all.  Three mildly confused friends, one weirdly specific topic each week. We don't know much, but we care just enough to talk about it for up to an hour each week. Don't Know, Do Care is produced by "Ghar Pe Productions", edited by Prakhar and Sandy, critiqued (thoroughly) by Ashmita, and enjoyed mostly by our friends. Thanks for giving us a listen!

    59 min
  5. Don't Know About Feminism in India

    9 MAR

    Don't Know About Feminism in India

    Every year around International Women's Day, corporations suddenly remember that women exist. They post inspirational graphics, run aggressively mediocre ad campaigns, and pretend a century of labour struggles, suffrage movements, and fights for basic rights can be summarised in a pastel Instagram tile. This episode starts with that frustration and then moves somewhere much more interesting: the history of women-led movements in India that actually tried to change material conditions for women. Along the way, we also talk about the uncomfortable reality that feminism has always struggled with class and caste divisions. Even progressive movements have often been led by relatively privileged women, leaving the most marginalised communities to fight for representation inside the movement itself. This episode mixes comedy commentary, offbeat learning, and quirky insights into the history of socialist-feminist organising in India. It's lighthearted education only in the sense that we try to keep the tone conversational while discussing extremely serious issues, everything from caste violence to climate displacement and gender-based violence globally. And if International Women's Day is going to mean anything at all, it probably has to start there. Important links: 1. Bharat Stree Mahamandal - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharat_Stree_Mahamandal 2. Women in Modern India, Volume 4 by Geraldine Forbes - https://books.google.co.in/books?id=hjilIrVt9hUC&dq=Bharat+Stree+Mahamandal&pg=PA70&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Bharat%20Stree%20Mahamandal&f=false 3. Mahila Atma Raksha Samiti - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahila_Atma_Raksha_Samiti 4. A Field of One's Own: Gender and Land Rights in South Asia by Bina Agarwal - https://books.google.co.in/books?id=Z3pdP30OnEUC&pg=PA439&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false 5. Dalit Mahila Samiti - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalit_Mahila_Samiti 6. The Dalit Women's Movement in India: Dalit Mahila Samiti by Jahnvi Andharia with the ANANDI Collective - https://www.awid.org/sites/default/files/atoms/files/changing_their_world_-_dalit_womens_movement_in_india.pdf 7. 137 women and girls killed every day by intimate partners or family members in 2024  - https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/press/releases/2025/November/137-women-and-girls-killed-every-day-by-intimate-partners-or-family-members-in-2024.html 8. Facts and figures: Ending violence against women - https://www.unwomen.org/en/articles/facts-and-figures/facts-and-figures-ending-violence-against-women Don't Know, Do Care is the brainchild of Ashmita, Sandy, and Prakhar, three friends from different backgrounds and interests. Ashmita works in sustainability, Sandy's an entrepreneur (puke) who'd rather not be, and Prakhar works with Sandy and is just trying to make sense of it all.  Three mildly confused friends, one weirdly specific topic each week. We don't know much, but we care just enough to talk about it for up to an hour each week. Don't Know, Do Care is produced by "Ghar Pe Productions", edited by Prakhar and Sandy, critiqued (thoroughly) by Ashmita, and enjoyed mostly by our friends. Thanks for giving us a listen!

    1hr 44min
  6. Don't Know How the British Drugged China

    2 MAR

    Don't Know How the British Drugged China

    This episode, we dive into the deeply unhinged saga of the Opium Wars; the time Britain decided that if China wouldn't buy enough British goods, it would simply get millions of Chinese people addicted to opium and then declare war when China tried to stop it. From the Treaty of Nanjing and the forced cession of Hong Kong, to extraterritorial rights and humiliating indemnities, this episode unpacks how gunboats and capitalism worked hand in hand. We also zoom out to India, where peasants were trapped in coercive opium contracts, pushed into debt cycles, and forced to prioritise poppy cultivation even during famine. Empire, it turns out, was extremely organised. As always, this isn't a dry history lecture. It's comedy commentary layered over uncomfortable facts, offbeat learning about trade policy turned military aggression, and quirky insights into how "free markets" somehow keep arriving on warships. If you've ever heard someone romanticise the British Empire as a civilising force, this episode exists to ruin that narrative, politely, but thoroughly. Important links: 1. The Opium Wars in China - https://asiapacificcurriculum.ca/learning-module/opium-wars-china 2. How Britain's opium trade impoverished Indians - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-49404024 3. The paper by the National Bureau of Economic Research, USA on the Opium Wars - https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w11355/w11355.pdf 4. Extract from Bodies and Structures 2.0: Deep-Mapping Modern East Asian History - https://bodiesandstructures.org/bodies-and-structures-2/patna-the-coastal-opium-trade.2 Don't Know, Do Care is the brainchild of Ashmita, Sandy, and Prakhar, three friends from different backgrounds and interests. Ashmita works in sustainability, Sandy's an entrepreneur (puke) who'd rather not be, and Prakhar works with Sandy and is just trying to make sense of it all.  Three mildly confused friends, one weirdly specific topic each week. We don't know much, but we care just enough to talk about it for up to an hour each week. Don't Know, Do Care is produced by "Ghar Pe Productions", edited by Prakhar and Sandy, critiqued (thoroughly) by Ashmita, and enjoyed mostly by our friends. Thanks for giving us a listen!

    1hr 2min
  7. Don't Know Why Pink Is Feminine

    23 FEB

    Don't Know Why Pink Is Feminine

    At some point in life, pink stopped being a colour and started being a personality test. It went from "just lightened red" to "this says something about you," and nobody remembers signing up for that meeting. In this episode, we unpack how pink became "feminine", and why that idea is way newer, way flimsier, and way more profit-driven than most people realise. We trace pink back to its original associations with power, war, and aristocracy (yes, pink used to be for boys), and then follow the extremely unserious but highly profitable retail decisions that flipped the script in the 20th century. Spoiler: it wasn't biology. It wasn't evolution. It was marketing. Along the way, we explore how pink didn't just become feminine, it became loaded. It started carrying judgments about seriousness, power, masculinity, and worth. Wearing pink stopped being aesthetic and started being political. And in true Don't Know, Do Care fashion, we blend comedy commentary, quirky insights, and just enough offbeat learning to make you mildly uncomfortable about your childhood wardrobe. Pink, as it turns out, is just a wavelength. The drama was entirely ours. Important links: 1. The Color Pink — History, Meaning and Facts - https://www.hunterlab.com/blog/the-color-pink/ 2. The complicated gender history of pink - https://edition.cnn.com/2018/01/12/health/colorscope-pink-boy-girl-gender 3. How did pink become a girly color? - https://www.vox.com/2015/4/14/8405889/pink-color-gender 4. Has Pink Always Been a "Girly" Color? - https://www.britannica.com/story/has-pink-always-been-a-girly-color 5. Here's How Pink Became A Girly Color - https://www.forbes.com/sites/kimelsesser/2023/07/11/heres-how-pink-became-a-girly-color/ 6. Pretty in pink: The early development of gender-stereotyped colour preferences - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21848751/ 7. 'Girls' preference for pink is not innate' - https://www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/girls-preference-for-pink-is-not-innate/?utm_source=chatgpt.com Don't Know, Do Care is the brainchild of Ashmita, Sandy, and Prakhar, three friends from different backgrounds and interests. Ashmita works in sustainability, Sandy's an entrepreneur (puke) who'd rather not be, and Prakhar works with Sandy and is just trying to make sense of it all.  Three mildly confused friends, one weirdly specific topic each week. We don't know much, but we care just enough to talk about it for up to an hour each week. Don't Know, Do Care is produced by "Ghar Pe Productions", edited by Prakhar and Sandy, critiqued (thoroughly) by Ashmita, and enjoyed mostly by our friends. Thanks for giving us a listen!

    52 min
  8. Don't Know Why GenAI is a Ponzi Scheme

    16 FEB

    Don't Know Why GenAI is a Ponzi Scheme

    In this episode, we ask a question that feels mildly illegal to say out loud in 2026: is Generative AI basically a Ponzi scheme? From OpenAI's eye-watering losses to Nvidia selling $40,000 GPUs like they're limited-edition sneakers, we unpack the very small circle of companies pumping billions into each other while insisting this is the future of humanity. Microsoft invests in OpenAI. Nvidia invests in companies that buy Nvidia chips. Those companies build data centers to power tools that still hallucinate confidently incorrect nonsense. Everyone claps. The debt piles up. Repeat. This episode is peak comedy commentary meets uncomfortable finance reality. It's offbeat learning about GPUs, venture capital, debt bubbles, and data centre mania, packed with quirky insights into how circular investing works when everyone is funding everyone else. Consider it lighthearted education about a not-so-light situation, blending tech skepticism with the kind of random topics that somehow connect Silicon Valley egos, environmental destruction, and your LinkedIn feed. If you've ever wondered who is actually making money in the AI boom, this episode might ruin the vibe. In the best way. Important links: 1. Zuckerberg's Grand Vision: Most of Your Friends Will Be AI - https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/mark-zuckerberg-ai-digital-future-0bb04de7 2. How AI Datacenters Eat the World - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhqoTku-HAA 3. The leading generative AI companies - https://iot-analytics.com/leading-generative-ai-companies/ 4. NVIDIA H100 Price Guide 2026: GPU Costs, Cloud Pricing & Buy vs Rent - https://docs.jarvislabs.ai/blog/h100-price 5. Inside the world's most powerful AI datacenter - https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2025/09/18/inside-the-worlds-most-powerful-ai-datacenter/ 6. Nvidia-backed Nscale raises $1.1bn in investor frenzy over AI infrastructure - https://www.ft.com/content/43fa049a-5d89-42f6-a657-36c42dd88fce 7. Tracking NScale's funding - https://platform.tracxn.com/a/d/company/58be5446e4b0b138a464d258/nscale.com#a:funding-and-investors 8. Nscale Contracts Approximately 200,000 NVIDIA GB300 GPUs with Microsoft to Deliver NVIDIA AI Infrastructure Across Europe and the U.S. - https://www.nscale.com/press-releases/nscale-microsoft-2025 9. The Oracle and Nvidia shebang - https://x.com/SullyOmarr/status/1970176527137718654 10. Nscale Announces $433 Million Pre-Series C SAFE, Building on Historic $1.1B Series B Momentum - https://www.nscale.com/press-releases/nscale-pre-series-c-safe 11. Here's why concerns about an AI bubble are bigger than ever - https://www.npr.org/2025/11/23/nx-s1-5615410/ai-bubble-nvidia-openai-revenue-bust-data-centers 12. MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing - https://fortune.com/2025/08/18/mit-report-95-percent-generative-ai-pilots-at-companies-failing-cfo/ 13. 55% of businesses admit wrong decisions in making employees redundant when bringing AI into the workforce - https://www.orgvue.com/news/55-of-businesses-admit-wrong-decisions-in-making-employees-redundant-when-bringing-ai-into-the-workforce/ 14. Company Regrets Replacing All Those Pesky Human Workers With AI, Just Wants Its Humans Back - https://futurism.com/klarna-openai-humans-ai-back Don't Know, Do Care is the brainchild of Ashmita, Sandy, and Prakhar, three friends from different backgrounds and interests. Ashmita works in sustainability, Sandy's an entrepreneur (puke) who'd rather not be, and Prakhar works with Sandy and is just trying to make sense of it all.  Three mildly confused friends, one weirdly specific topic each week. We don't know much, but we care just enough to talk about it for up to an hour each week. Don't Know, Do Care is produced by "Ghar Pe Productions", edited by Prakhar and Sandy, critiqued (thoroughly) by Ashmita, and enjoyed mostly by our friends. Thanks for giving us a listen!

    1hr 24min
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Curious minds welcome, clueless takes guaranteed! Don't Know, Do Care is a curious mix of comedy, commentary, and casually intense learning. Every episode, one of us brings a topic the others know nothing about and tries to "educate" them, just enough for them to feign interest. Do we learn anything? Absolutely not. Do we care about the topic? Probably not. Are we curious, though? Potentially yes. We're not experts by any stretch of our already stretched imagination, but we're just trying to get a bit smarter, one strange question at a time. Curiosity might have killed a cat, but will it kill us? Only time will tell. Join us on our journey to learn something you didn't know you cared about.

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  • Creator
    Ashmita, Prakhar, and Sandy
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    38
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    Explicit
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